Can't hear the weak stations, and all the interesting stuff on 160?

I'm often asked about the receiving antennas in use here at g7klj. Many, many stations are missing most of the fun on the low bands by persisting in using a transmit antenna as the rx antenna also. THIS IS NOT GOOD.

Some stations have been known to "adjust" their transmit antennas to simply improve reception. Here's the deal:

A DECENT, LOW ANGLE TRANSMIT ANTENNA _SHOULD_ PICK UP LOTS OF NOISE!!!